Quadrant

Date: 03/25/2001 at 18:52:52
From: Kirsten
Subject: Quadrants
What is a quadrant?

Date: 03/25/2001 at 22:53:21
From: Doctor Peterson
Subject: Re: Quadrants
Hi, Kirsten.
"Quadrant" means "quarter," and in particular one of the four parts
into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. They are
numbered from 1 to 4, starting at the x axis and proceeding
counterclockwise (since we measure angles in that direction):
Y
^
2 | 1
|
<---+---> X
|
3 | 4
v
- Doctor Peterson, The Math Forum
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